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Hedyotis articularis ssp. articularis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis articularis R. Br. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 407. 1834, ssp. articularis; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 51. 1880; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 209. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 192. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 173. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 72. 2000; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 85. 2004.
Oldenlandia articularis (R. Br. ex Wight & Arn.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 597(421). 1921.
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Description:
Coarse shrubs; stem articulated by persistent stipules. Leaves to 18 x 8 mm, lanceolate, acute, very coriaeous, nearly sessile, margins recurved, nerves 4 pairs, strong, thick, reddish, tomentose, stipule 7 mm long, teeth 6, unequal, hispid. Cymes 1.5-3 cm across, terminal, densely clustered, hirsute. Flowers 9 mm long, sessile, 10-20 in a cymes; calyx campanulate, lobes acute corolla tube slender; lobes oblong, pink, margin recurved; stamens included, anthers linear. Capsule 6 x 4 mm, obovoid, pubescent; seeds obovoid, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellimala, Vellarimala
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